Forget any stereotypes about hasty millenials- adults over sixty have the fastest growing divorce rates. According to the Office for National Statistics, so called ‘grey divorces’ have increased by a whopping 75% in the past twenty years.
So why can’t grandma and grandpa make it work? Here are four reasons why older adults are more likely than ever to seek divorce:
Grey divorce is far from an epidemic and hitting sixty does not cue the end to a happy marriage. The rise of silver splitters simply shows that we are no longer willing to settle for misery, no matter our age.
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